Injury in Campeche !!!!! Dave and Emily walking in the hot afternoon sun towards the city of Campeche, fully loaded with rucksacks when suddenly dave stacks it and ends up on his back like a turtle. Emily who is walking ahead hears a sudden crash and turns around to see Dave collapsed on the pavement unable to get up. After some Emily rescuing they get into the city, however the result is a sprained ankle, rapidly bandaged up and now pretty much has to rest for...

Hola, Yesterday we arrived in the costal town on Celestun. Discovered an amazing beach with lots going on, some kind of gig going down (ther appears to always be some kind of music event on in this country) Decided to watch the sunset over the Gulf of Mexico but a violent thunderstorm put pay to that. Headed out in the evening for some food but pretty much everywhere was shut, it appears that this is a daytime town for beach goers, when they all head back to t...

An great jungle trip with a bike ride afterwards, in the midday heat. However had to wear long sleeve shirt and trousers to combat the mossies.....good exercise though!

Cenotes! went to very cool string of cenotes (big sinkholes) yesterday- was given half a line in the guidebook, but was a brilliant day. The village had put in rails between all the cenotes and made loads of mini carriages which were pulled by horses. Yucatan doesn´t have any rivers, so cenotes are very important for water. One of them had a massive tree right above it with roots growing right down into the water...

Arrival in Mexico.... Well, after a long day of flying from London to Houston. Then from Houston to Mexico - we finally arrived in the beautiful city of Merida in the Yucatan Penisula. Checked into an amazing hotel (see photo) which is right in the centre and has the much welcome bonus of a rooftop swimming pool. It is super hot here, pushing around 35 degrees throughout the day, and barely dropping during the night. Took Dave all of half a day to get sunburnt...